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The Map of the Most Popular Brunch in Your State

Brunch’s popularity skyrocketed in the last five years, with restaurants across the country offering specials that combine the best of breakfast and the best of lunch, often with bottomless mimosa deals. However, families across the country were already familiar with the idea of brunch, born from Sunday afternoons after church when you just can’t possibly wait until dinnertime, and breakfast was cut short running out the door to make service on time.

Pinterest put together a map of the most popular brunch in each state, did your favorite brunch match your state’s most popular pick?

14. Indiana: Tropical Fruit Pizza

Why have your daily serving of fruit in a bowl when you can have it in pizza form? That’s what Indiana wants to know with their searches, and we concur. Find the recipe for this Healthier Tropical Fruit Pizza here.

17. Kentucky: Breakfast Burger with Bourbon Bacon Jam

To be frank, Kentuckians are searching for straight up ‘bourbon’ for brunch, but you can drink your bourbon and eat it, too. This breakfast burger is every carnivore’s ideal brunch, right down to the bourbon bacon jam.

18. Louisiana: Croque Monsieur Savory Bread Pudding

Bread pudding is one of the most versatile dishes around and it’s a shame that it doesn’t seem to get the credit it deserves. We love bread pudding so much, we even wrote about how it can save you in a pinch.

This savory bread pudding is very Louisiana, right down to its hot sauce. Find the recipe here.

20. Maryland: Jumbo Chickpea Pancake

As a Marylander myself, I was truly expecting Crab Eggs Benedict on this list. You sly dog, you Old Line State, you really got me fooled. It turns out that those by the Chesapeake Bay are looking for ‘chickpea pancakes.’

If that’s what they’re looking for, then this is the best recipe to follow for a vegan’s dream pancake breakfast.

26. Montana: Scones

Montana is ready to roll up their sleeves and start making some scones, one of the harder pastries to master. I applaud their effort and am even inspired to try it myself for brunch with these Raspberry Almond Scones.

29. New Hampshire: Boozy Irish Coffee Milkshakes

Live free or die, that’s how New Hampshire rolls so Irish cream makes sense as their most searched brunch dish. These milkshakes are perfect for a long, leisurely summer brunch in New England … or anywhere else for that matter.

39. Rhode Island: Flowerfetti Cake

Searching for ‘flower cakes,’ Rhode Islanders just want to eat something naturally beautiful, y’all. This recipe for an all-natural Flowerfetti Cake is beautiful and inspired, perfect for a bridal shower or baby shower brunch.

43. Texas: Baked Egg in Avocado

Texans are just looking for stuffed avocado, y’all, because sometimes we just can’t stomach another tortilla. That’s a complete lie, we can always eat tortillas, but there’s something novel about serving an avocado filled with tasty ingredients.

45. Vermont: Beet Hash with Eggs

Vermont is definitely onto something with this beet obsession because we love them, too. Beet hash is a beautifully-colored brunch dish that is totally healthy and Instagram-worthy, whether it’s homemade or not.

47. Washington: Coconut Macaroons

Washingtonians know that if you can’t eat macaroons for breakfast at brunch, then when can you? I fully concur with this thought process, and this recipe for Coconut Macaroons will be appearing on my Sunday lazy brunch menu.

50. Wyoming: Homemade White Bread

Wyoming, I appreciate your desire to start with the basics and make them absolutely incredible. The most popular search for homemade bread yields this unchallenged white bread recipe that would be spectacular as a base for French toast, avocado toast, or any other kind of bread pudding you love.